Swinging berth for ships.



J.RAST|JA. SWINGING BERTH FOR SHIPS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-14. 19l6- RENEWED OCT-4,191 7.

1,245,769 Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

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SWINGING BERTH FOR SHIPS.

APPLICATION FILED 050.14. I916. RENEWED OCT. 4. 1911.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application'fil ed December 14,1916, Serial No. 136,964 Renewed October 4, as; "ea-a1 m; 34,8 6.

To all whom ii'may 00mm; Be it known that I, Jozo RAsrIJA, a subject of the King of Hungary, residing at Akron, in the county of Summit an'd'fStat'e of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Swinging Berths for Ships, of which the followingis a specification. a

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in swinging berths for ships.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of an arrangement of superposed berths adapted for use upon ships, the same being independent for universal swinging movements whereby the berths substantially maintain their parallel horizontal positions regardless of the rolling movements of the ship.

A further object of the device is the provision of a suspended arrangement of berths adapted for free oscillation in different directions for maintaining the normal equilibrium of the berths thereby. assisting in preventing seasickness and imparting comfort to the occupants.

A still further object of the device is the provision of a swinging berth that is easy and inexpensive to manufacture and can be readily moved about when desired, and having a plurality of sleeping portions.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like-designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device partially broken away,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same,

Fig. 3 is an end elevation thereof,

Fig. 4: is a vertical transverse sectional view taken upon line IVIV of Fig. 1.

Fig; 5 is a detailed view of a portion of one of the supporting members, illustrated by dotted lines, in its tilted position,

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of an end portion of one of the frame members, and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of an upper end portion of the suspended member.

The present device broadly consists of a portable mounting frame 10 having a suspended member 11 pivotally attached substantially centrally thereto and provided with a plurality of sleeping berths herein illustrated as an upper berth 12 and a lower berth 13. The arrangement hereinafter de- 13 will be maintained substantially'l evelre'} rammedncv c,191 a;

gardless ofa slighttipping of Ithe'fram 10" many direction. :7 V L p "The frame 10 is formedof upright 'corn'er posts 14' which, taken with upper-"and lower cross braces 15 arranged between the said postshat the opposite ends of the device, form rectangular end members. The said braces are secured to the posts 1 1 by means of bolt members 16. Side rails 17 are provided for parallel arrangement upon the braces 15, the side rails having end notches 18 and overlying hooks 19 forming sockets 20, adapted for positioning over the braces 15, whereby the rails are removably secured between the end members of the frame 10.

A beam 21 is transversely mounted centrally of the upper rails, having depending brackets 22 carried thereby. The suspended member 11 is swingingly attached to the brackets 22, a rectangular top member 23 being hinged to the said brackets by pintles,

24 arranged centrally of the top member. A supporting strip 25 is centrally pivoted'as at 26 downwardly of the ends 27 of the top member 23, the said berths 12 and 13 being swingingly suspended from the said strip '25.

Each of the berths consists of a flexible mattress or bottom member 28 attached to side bars 29 as well as head and foot bars 30. Metallic rods 31 pivotally connect the outer ends of the bars 30 of the upper berth 12 with corresponding ends of the strips 25,

swing laterally of the top member and frame, and the berths 12 and 13 may freely swing in any direction by means of the piv-' otal connections 35 between the upper rods 31 and the strips 25. y The frame 10 may be positioned upon the deck 36 of a ship and be readily moved about, while the berths 12 and 13 and the occupants thereof are normally maintained horizontal, regardless of the tipping of the ship or the movements of the said frame.

What I claim as new is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a portable mounted frame having detachable upper and lower side rails, a'transverse beam carried by the upper rails, brackets suspended from said beam within the frame, a rectangular topcentrally pivotedwithin the said brackets, end strips pivoted to the ends of the said rectangular top outwardly thereof, supporting rods freely swingingly' attached'to the opposite ends of the said strips, and a plurality of berths pivotally suspended from the said rods and swingingly attached together.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for 2. A device of the class described comprising an upright frame, a rectangular top member pivoted within the said frame,

strips centrally pivoted to the opposite endsneath said upper berth, pivotally suspended from the opposite ends of the end bars of the upper berth.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature. 7

JOZO RASTIJA.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. C. 

